"Cultural heritage and national identity is important because it helps people connect with others who have similar backgrounds and provide a sense of unity and belonging. It provides people with a link to traditions that might otherwise be lost. The sensitivity, responsibility and awareness of members of a society towards this values are so significant for handing them down to future generations. Traditional and cultural values and identity are sometimes ignored by today's generation and the young face cultural degeneration. The aim of the project is to help young people be more aware of the cultural prosperity and their own identity and characteristics, transferring them to the following generations, since those who have no awareness or value of their own heritage can hardly have bright future. The project will be focused on cultural values like historical buildings; such as traditional historical houses, markets or other traditional buildings and on what shows the identity of a society, of a nationality . It will look at the lifestyles and traditional ceremonies. We want by learning about the others to get know ourselves better. In conclusion, national, cultural and cross-cultural awareness will be aroused among the young and they will have the opportunity of having a better understanding of each other's culture and identity and will find out who they have been and thus they will discover the traces of EU identity.The project objectives:• encourage cultural diversity, intercultural and religious dialogue between participants.• Strengthen skills and attitudes that will help participants to grow as personalities;• Develop young peoples’ emotional intelligence and effective communicative, collaborative and creative skills;• Discover different cultural identities and to what extent these different identities live together in Europe or in their own countries;• Introduce a sense of European dimension of education, introducing the idea of an international collaborative work and the amelioration of a European dimension on linguistic and cultural contents in the curriculum;• Increase the motivation of direct and indirect beneficiaries of lifelong learning to develop ICT skills as a way to communicate and to use them as a purposeful everyday tool, to learn a new language and as a means of communication and mastering English for project work;• Encourage the cooperation within the partner organisations from Europe and the exchange of good practices.Our project objectives link to the horizontal aims of strategic partnerships objectives is to raise awareness of the importance of Europe's cultural heritage through informal and non-formal learning social inclusion and youth engagement. We aim to encourage cultural diversity and religious dialogue through photography, respecting freedom, tolerance and human rights.We aim to reinforce the development of key competences for life long learning .We promote creativity and innovative learning approaches and invironments, cooperstion with stakeholders in local communities and abroad. The idea of this project was initiated by a previously implemented YE in Guadeloupe - France titled ""Identity picture"", where the Bulgarian partner took place.It is important this project be carried out at the international level, as we think it will be very interesting to define similarities and differences throughout European countries in our way of livings, stories, culture, food. Working together in international teams will create an atmosphere of trust, help to avoid prejudices and strengthen bonds between organisations from 3 European countries. Our plan is to implement totally 3 TPMs and 3 LТТs in the 3 partner countries where main activity will be to prepare and organize an exhibition showing the culture and identity of the countries seen by the eyes of the participants. The pictures from exhibitions will be organised in a Photo book containing photos and short descrtiptions for each photo translated and published in English and the 3 languages of partners - Bulgarian, Macedonian and Turkish. The partner countries have many differences and similarities in their cultures, traditions and educational systems, religion. Participant will be from 3 Program countries - Bulgaria, Turkey, Republic of North Macedonia. - one member state of EU and 2 non EU Programme countries. All info about project will be uploaded on a project website. At the end of project period an e-version of the Photo book will be created and distributed on partners websites, and the website of project. Social partners will be included to cooperate about dissemination of project results during the project and after th eproject period. We believe that the product we will ce reate will be a good educational tool for culture education in futurе."

CONTEXTOur partnership of five completely different and far away countries has been created out of the desire of all the schools involved to contribute more significantly to the personal and professional development of their students, improving their critical and creative thinking, promoting an entrepreneurial mindset that will serve them and their communities in the future years. In a century in which creativity, innovation, critical thinking and digital competences are the key to success, we consider it our mission to guide and support students in acquiring them.3 of the schools have vocational profiles –MK, CZ and PL, while the other 2 have a general education profile. This will make the Erasmus+ experience even more meaningful, by providing us with different approaches to entrepreneurship. We will gain an insight into local economies and needs and our students will collaborate in order to meet those needs. Although we are part of the EU, we come from diverse places where we will encounter different social and economic contexts, different needs and interests. This makes this opportunity even more rewarding and appealing.PARTICIPANTSThrough this initiative, we address a target group of 500 students aged 15-18, including both boys and girls, 30% of whom come from challenged backgrounds, low-income families or dismembered families.100 students aged 15-18 will be directly involved in the exchanges, as participants, and as host students. There will be 5 students and 2 accompanying teachers from each country who will attend each exchange, which means 20 students and 8 teachers per school and overall 100 students and 40 teachers will have been attended to exchange meetings. OBJECTIVES1. to enable the participants to get acquainted with new cultures and develop their intercultural competence2. to develop students’ entrepreneurial mindset by providing them with the context for developing joint business ideas, thus improving the transition to the business world 3. to improve the soft skills of students in order to facilitate their professional development – critical and analytical thinking, communication, creativity etc., thus improving their transition to the world of work4.to improve students’ self-confidence in unfamiliar contexts and their language skills5. to improve the school’s European dimension through collaboration with other schools and transfer of best practices MAIN ACTIVITIESWe have planned 5 student exchanges in this project, during which students will meet their peers, learn about specifics of local economies, meet entrepreneurs and visit local businesses. The practical side consists of students’ collaborative work in order to produce innovative business ideas suitable for the local economies of the partner schools which will then be adapted to students’ own local needs. The topics of the exchanges are:1. C1 – Spanish economy and startups in agriculture 2. C2 – Polish economy and startups in PL 3. C3 – Macedonia economy and startups in small scale manufacturing enterprises 4. C4 – Turkish economy and startups in the beauty industry5. C5 – Czech Nation economy and startups in outdoor activities and sportsRESULTSThe results consist of: presentations about local economies in the 5 partner countries, student-made brochures about local businesses, 20 startup business ideas and business plans developed by multicultural teams of students, evaluation forms for business plans completed by entrepreneurs, workshop materials, students’ testimonials, initial and final evaluation, feedback forms, self-assessment forms, project brochure “Business ideas for students”, project website, eTwinning space, 137 Europass mobility documents and certificates of attendance, 5 interim reports and final reports.The outcomes consist of an increased capacity of students to integrate professionally in the field of business and work, increased competence of school educators to facilitate the transition of students to the world of work/business and the increased relevance of schools for the 21st century needs.IMPACTThe project will impact the school on different levels:- development of human resources - development of partnerships with local businesses- development of European collaboration at the institutional and personal levels. - promotion of the schools in local communities and European communities- strengthened relationship with local authorities- improvement of the project management capacity of all partner schools- promotion of the school as a key factor in the professional guidance of students

"As citizens of a multicultural Europe, our purpose is help protect any minority, by being understanding and respectful of others, because this is the key for social cohesion and a healthy democracy. Nowadays we observe an increasing of immigration cases , and countries like Turkey, Romania and Macedonia are making efforts to adapt to this phenomenon, by applying different programs or taking specific initiatives . PT and LT are some other countries being also in the frame of the issue as members of the European Union. We chose this topic as a priority for our schools and for our project, because we realized how important it is to our students to become aware of the stereotypes and discrimination, increasing the chances to change and for people to live in harmony together. Objectives We want to reach the following objectives: to combat hate speech and hate behavior inside schools; - to increase social awareness, tolerance, empathy for the immigrants and the refugees - to reduce stereotypes and raise awareness about the risks they may cause - to improve the knowledge related to tackling the issues of stereotyping and discrimination (bullying) inside each school - to promote the active involvement of the students in the social life on the topic of stereotyping and discrimination - to develop a strong relationship between schools and local NGOs who are addressing the same topics We intend to obtain a big impact on the participants such as : - a better awareness of the phenomenon of stereotyping and discrimination, bullying at local and European levels - an increased involvement of the students in the community life - increased spirit of tolerance between students, more respect for each other - eliminated the prejudice from their way of thinking - improved cultural and intercultural awareness - more autonomous individuals - improved communication skills, language level, social skills - improved their analytical and problem-solving abilities - increased their self-confidence Participants The project addresses a target group of 360 students of different specialisations in our school, boys and girls, 13-18 years old. We believe that this is a critical age, when the risk is higher for them to develop long-lasting negative attitudes towards other people based on stereotypical thinking and discrimination. The project also addresses teachers in our schools, school counsellors and psychologists who will turn the project results into longterm practices at local levels. Main activities We have planned 4 LTTAs and one TM JS – At the beginning of the project to widen project move and plan the whole action. C1 - Stereotypical thinking and discrimination: common stereotypes related to nationalities; direct, indirect, multiple discrimination; forms of discrimination and their effects - xenophobia, homophobia, transphobia. C2 - Gender and racial equality: common gender and racial stereotypes and their effects; ways of combating them. C3 - Religious equality: common stereotypes related to religions and religious beliefs; effects of such stereotypes; analysis of cases in which stereotypes and discrimination against religions had terrible consequences C4 - Stereotypical thinking and discrimination in schools - how can we address and solve these issues? Methodology The project will cover 5 main areas: - Project management 1. Design and implementation of methodologies for the sustainability plan 2. Financial management 3. Risk management 4. Monitoring and evaluation of activities and results 5. Organisation and attendance of TM - Selection and preparation of the participants - Organisation and participation in LTTAs - Elaboration of tangible results - Dissemination 1. Creation of website and a e-twinning space 2. Design of materials - brochures, flyers, posters, banners, articles 3. Dissemination meetings Results and impact - increased awareness of the democratic values of the EU, increased wish to participate actively in local campaigns against discrimination, better intercultural awareness, communication and dialogue; increased social awareness, tolerance, empathy for the immigrants and refugees; improved knowledge of the concepts of stereotyping and discrimination and the areas in which they can manifest, the dangers they bring about; improved English skills, data manipulation, critical thinking skills, improved team work abilities (developed in local activities and transnational exchanges) Tangible results - informative instruments created for the purpose of the mobilities, creative poems and prose on the topic of European diversity, role plays recorded on the videos, posters on the topic of ""NO HATE in schools"", ""United as One under the European Sky"", photographs of students for the competition about cultural differences ""I am not You but We can be together"", collection of interactive games and activities."